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Japan will tighten border controls for people arriving from six African nations from midnight today after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, reports Reuters.
Those arriving from South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and Lesotho will be required to undergo a 10-day quarantine period in government-determined accommodation, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.
